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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Bob Appleby
|image =
|upright =
|caption =
|full_name = Robert Appleby<ref>{{Hugman|442|accessdate=27 April 2024}}</ref>
|birth_date = {{birth date|1940|1|15|df=y}}
|birth_place = Warkworth, England
|death_date = {{death date and age|2024|4|25|1940|1|15|df=y}}
|death_place =
|height =
|position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
|youthyears1 =
|youthclubs1 = Amble Welfare
|youthyears2 = 1957–1960
|youthclubs2 = [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]
|years1 = 1960–1967
|clubs1 = [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]
|caps1 = 99
|goals1 = 0
|years2 =
|clubs2 = [[Hereford United F.C.|Hereford United]]
|caps2 =
|goals2 =
|years3 =
|clubs3 = [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]]
|caps3 =
|goals3 =
|totalcaps = 99+
|totalgoals = 0+
}}
'''Robert Appleby''' (15 January 1940 – 25 April 2024) was an English professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]].
==Career==
Born in Warkworth,<ref>{{NeilBrownPlayers|player6/bobappleby}}</ref> Appleby moved from Amble Welfare to [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] aged 17, initially playing with their Reserves before making his first-team debut in April 1960.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://mfc.co.uk//news/2024/april/25/rest-in-peace--bob-appleby/|title=Rest In Peace, Bob Appleby|first=Middlesborough|last=FC|date=25 April 2024|website=Middlesborough FC}}</ref> He was a first-team regular for two seasons, and made nearly 100 appearances before moving to [[Hereford United F.C.|Hereford United]] in 1967.<ref name="auto"/> He also played for [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]].<ref>{{ENFA}}</ref>
Appleby was known for making bird noises during games,<ref name="auto"/> and for having a shotgun in his van, which he once used to shoot pigeons over the training pitch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-news/of-games-played-middlesbrough-first-3741450|title=“Of the games I played for Middlesbrough, it is the first game of the season when we put nine past Brighton in the 1958–59 season. Cloughie "*****" five, I "*****" two and Bill Harris "*****" the other two.”|first=Teesside|last=Live|date=9 August 2007|website=Teesside Live}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Appleby, Bob}}
[[Category:1940 births]]
[[Category:2024 deaths]]
[[Category:English footballers]]
[[Category:Middlesbrough F.C. players]]
[[Category:Hereford United F.C.| players]]
[[Category:Carlisle United F.C. players]]
[[Category:English Football League players]]
[[Category:Association football goalkeepers]]
{{England-footy-bio-stub}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Bob Appleby
|image =
|upright =
|caption =
|full_name = Robert Appleby<ref>{{Hugman|442|accessdate=27 April 2024}}</ref>
|birth_date = {{birth date|1940|1|15|df=y}}
|birth_place = Warkworth, England
|death_date = {{death date and age|2024|4|25|1940|1|15|df=y}}
|death_place =
|height =
|position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
|youthyears1 =
|youthclubs1 = Amble Welfare
|youthyears2 = 1957–1960
|youthclubs2 = [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]
|years1 = 1960–1967
|clubs1 = [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]
|caps1 = 99
|goals1 = 0
|years2 =
|clubs2 = [[Hereford United F.C.|Hereford United]]
|caps2 =
|goals2 =
|years3 =
|clubs3 = [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]]
|caps3 =
|goals3 =
|totalcaps = 99+
|totalgoals = 0+
}}
'''Robert Appleby''' (15 January 1940 – 25 April 2024) was an English professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]].
==Career==
Born in Warkworth,<ref>{{NeilBrownPlayers|player6/bobappleby}}</ref> Appleby moved from Amble Welfare to [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] aged 17, initially playing with their Reserves before making his first-team debut in April 1960.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://mfc.co.uk//news/2024/april/25/rest-in-peace--bob-appleby/|title=Rest In Peace, Bob Appleby|first=Middlesborough|last=FC|date=25 April 2024|website=Middlesborough FC}}</ref> He was a first-team regular for two seasons, and made nearly 100 appearances before moving to [[Hereford United F.C.|Hereford United]] in 1967.<ref name="auto"/> He also played for [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]].<ref>{{ENFA}}</ref>
Appleby was known for making bird noises during games,<ref name="auto"/> and for having a shotgun in his van, which he once used to shoot pigeons over the training pitch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-news/of-games-played-middlesbrough-first-3741450|title=“Of the games I played for Middlesbrough, it is the first game of the season when we put nine past Brighton in the 1958–59 season. Cloughie "*****" five, I "*****" two and Bill Harris "*****" the other two.”|first=Teesside|last=Live|date=9 August 2007|website=Teesside Live}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Appleby, Bob}}
[[Category:1940 births]]
[[Category:2024 deaths]]
[[Category:English footballers]]
[[Category:Middlesbrough F.C. players]]
[[Category:Hereford United F.C.| players]]
[[Category:Carlisle United F.C. players]]
[[Category:English Football League players]]
[[Category:Association football goalkeepers]]
{{England-footy-bio-stub}}
Okumaya devam et...